Smithsonian Magazine

Festivals Officially Return to the National Museum of the American Indian Starting with the Cherokee Festival

After a hiatus due to the Covid crisis, in-person events are now scheduled for the museums in New York and Washington D.C. Dennis Zotigh “Attending Cherokee days was a great opportunity for me to ...
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Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian Celebrates Cherokee Tribes

The National Museum of the American Indian celebrates Cherokee history during the sixth annual Cherokee Days festival April 12–14, featuring the three federally recognized Cherokee tribes—Cherokee ...
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Three Cherokee Nations Share Their Stories at National Museum of the American Indian in Washington

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., presents Cherokee Days. A free three-day festival featuring storytelling, films, dance, music, family activities and ...
The Daily Beast

Meet the Native American Rachel Dolezal

Andrea Smith—an associate professor at University of California, Riverside, the founder of INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence, and a leading Native American studies scholar and activist—may not, ...
Inside Higher Ed

Fake Cherokee?

When the scandal broke last month over Rachel Dolezal, the Spokane, Wash., NAACP leader and adjunct instructor of Africana studies at Eastern Washington University who apparently faked being ...